Numerical modeling of spatial perturbations of the ionosphere from local tropospheric sources

Ivan Karpov; Fedor Bessarab; Olga Borchevkina

doi:10.12737/stp-114202507

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NUMERICAL MODELING OF SPATIAL PERTURBATIONS OF THE IONOSPHERE FROM LOCAL TROPOSPHERIC SOURCES Numerical modeling of spatial perturbations of the ionosphere from local tropospheric sources

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Published in Solar-Terrestrial Physics · Volume 11, Issue 4 · Pages 64–71 · Rubric: Results of current research

DOI: https://doi.org/10.12737/stp-114202507

Received: 07.04.2025 Accepted: 10.05.2025 Published: 10.12.2025 Language of publication: ENG

Authors

Ivan Karpov

Fedor Bessarab

Olga Borchevkina

Ivan Karpov

Academic degree: doctor of physical and mathematical sciences

West Department of Pushkov Institute of Terrestrial Mag-netism, Ionosphere and Radio Wave Propagation RAS Russian Federation · Kaliningrad

I. Kant Baltic Federal University Russian Federation · Kaliningrad

Fedor Bessarab

Academic degree: candidate of physical and mathematical sciences

West Department of Pushkov Institute of Terrestrial Mag-netism, Ionosphere and Radio Wave Propagation RAS Russian Federation · Kaliningrad

I. Kant Baltic Federal University Russian Federation · Kaliningrad

Olga Borchevkina

Academic degree: candidate of physical and mathematical sciences

West Department of Pushkov Institute of Terrestrial Mag-netism, Ionosphere and Radio Wave Propagation RAS Russian Federation · Kaliningrad

I. Kant Baltic Federal University Russian Federation · Kaliningrad

ABSTRACT

The paper presents the results of modeling of spatial and temporal perturbations of the thermosphere during a strong meteorological disturbance. The modeling was performed using the Global Self-Consistent Model of the thermosphere, ionosphere, and protonosphere (GSM TIP). The impact of tropospheric/stratospheric sources on the thermosphere during dissipation of acoustic and internal gravity waves, generated in the meteorological storm region, was considered in GSM TIP by specifying an additional thermal source. The results of modeling of ionospheric effects of the meteorological storm in October 2017 have shown that the action of a local additional source of heating of the thermosphere leads to perturbations of the thermosphere and ionosphere parameters both directly above the source region and at a significant distance from it. In additional heating of the thermosphere, a decrease is observed in the total electron content (TEC) values, reaching 20 % in the daytime compared to a meteorologically quiet day. To the south and east of the source region, there are positive TEC perturbations with relative amplitudes 5–10 % during the daytime. The physical processes determining the ionospheric response directly in the source region are conditioned by heating of the thermosphere and its influence on changes in the neutral composition and circulation of the neutral wind. The TEC perturbations in the regions remote from the source region are determined by dynamic processes, which lead to the eastward transport of plasma and displacement of ionospheric perturbations to low latitudes.

KEYWORDS

total electron content, thermosphere, ionosphere, acoustic waves, internal gravity waves, numerical modeling, meteorological storm

Funding

The research was financially supported by the Russian Science Foundation (Grant No. 25-27-00213) [https://rscf.ru/project/25-27-00213/]

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Ivan Karpov, Bessarab F. S., Borchevkina O. P.. "Numerical modeling of spatial perturbations of the ionosphere from local tropospheric sources." Solar-Terrestrial Physics 11.4 (2025): 64-71. DOI: https://doi.org/10.12737/stp-114202507.

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